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NFL Flexes Muscles After Strong Start To Playoffs

The opening weekend of the NFL Playoffs sees the continuation of the league’s ratings success during the regular season, as all four games see healthy increases over the ’09 matchups. The thrilling Cardinals-Packers OT shootout earns the highest marks, giving Fox a 21.8 overnight rating, up 9.5% from the comparable Eagles-Vikings game last year. NBC also earns the highest two-game overnight rating for an NFL Wild Card Saturday in 10 years, highlighted by a 19.6 overnight for the Cowboys’ 34-14 romp over the Eagles. Meanwhile, with the American Needle case going before the Supreme Court Wednesday, Saints QB Drew Brees writes an Op-Ed in the Washington Post that becomes the talk of the Twitter-verse. While some are saying fans “should applaud” Brees for becoming the rare athlete to take a political stand, others claim the “misinformed” piece could serve as a distraction heading into the second week of the postseason.